Whaaaat?!? This post is awesome because 1: Coconut cornbread sounds crazy delicious, and 2: homemade almond milk? Whoa. Thanks for the idea and the link to the cornbread recipe. Now I can’t wait to get home. 🙂

I just stumbled onto you blog and have enjoyed looking at it!! Lots of great ideas to try!! I looked at the Almondie site as I was eager to make this, but it costs about double from buying it in the grocery store (12 oz Almondie $20+ shipping would make 1.5 gallons of milk). Is there any advantage to making it versus buying it?

Susan,
Nah, any almond butter or nut butter for that matter should work. I just happen to have a sample of the Almondie on hand. A few other commenter even mentioned using peanut butter to make peanut milk. The possibilities are endless. Have fun. 🙂

Meagan,
Yes, I was told you can. Several others said they love making peanut milk. However, if you add flavorings like vanilla or sweetener, it tends to go bad sooner, and therefore you need to make it in small batches or single servings.

Get outta town – I always thought making almond milk was a highly labor intensive activity but this couldn’t be simpler. I love it, and will be making it – thanks for sharing your kitchen savoir-faire Heather 🙂

Heather,
My black loving coffee friends (so I wish I could handle it black, but I just can’t do it!), CD and Summer had a great time together. He was actually really sad to go back to work on Monday. He missed being around here all day. So sweet. 🙂

Kath,
In the past, I’ve soaked raw whole almonds, blended them, and then filtered saving the almond pulp. However for this recipe, no filtering necessary. The almond butter is like almond milk concentrate. Just add water and blend. So easy!

oh wow! another life changing post 😉 seriously, why have i never thought to make almond milk that way?!
simplicity is the way to go these days, at least for me. taking care of my little 7.5 month old leaves little time for elaborate anything!

That is a good idea for milk. I go through a one-litre carton of almond milk in 4 days tops. So, does this make 2 cups of almond milk, or more? A cup of commercial AM being the equivalent of your kind?

I enjoy C.S. Lewis. I read the entire series of Chronicles of Narnia in less than one week.

Veronica,
Because my version comes out to about 90 calories per cup, it’s not as diluted as the store bought stuff. However, if you simply double the amount of water, the stats would come out the same. So 2 TBSP almond butter + 4 cups water.

Oh ,man – I am with you on the Simplifying. I foresee big changes in my future…and it’s all about simplifying (well, as much as you can when you pay a fortune to rent a small apartment that’s not a dive) – but that’s another story! 🙂

I remember seeing that idea for almond milk on Averie’s site – I haven’t tried it yet, though! For a while I was obsessed with making my own because it tastes so much better and was avoiding excess trips to the store. I need to get back in that groove.
The cornbread? Looks. ah.ma.zing.

That coconut cornbread looks so delicious. And I just have to say, I LOVE that quote. It’s funny because I just came across that quote yesterday and was going to share it on my blog! That has been happening a lot lately. Such synchronicity! I don’t think I’ve ever commented before, so HI! I love you and your blog. I don’t know why it took me so long to comment!

Kelsey,
I love the Blue Diamond – definitely my favorite out of all the commercial brand almond milks. Mine had that homemade taste – really fresh. Need to do a side-by-side comparison as it’s been a while since I’ve bought almond milk from the store.

shelby,
Me too – nothing like a little post workout soreness. Just means we accomplished something. You were the original inspiration behind that cornbread recipe you know…the coconut oil. You told me I would die…you were right. 🙂

I first starting almond milk, well in my case peanut butter milk, when I started reading raw/raw-ish cookbooks. I think it was Matthew and Sarma’s first book together, Living in the Raw, that I remember reading that’s how they make their “cheater’s” almond milk…and since I love PB more than AB, I have created plenty of PB “milk”…add in some vanilla extract, and in my case sweetener/stevia/agave, and I am in heaven 🙂

Hi Val, it tastes amazing with other nuts. I’ve been using plain nuts with water only. in a blendtek – my faves are cashew and walnut milks. but I went through a pecan phase and pumpkin seed phase. Also peanut butter milk- very decadent, tahini milk. anything goes. i make a very small batch so i always use freshly made. i ve tried vanilla and salt and stevia etc in it but it has to be consumed immediately. and i only use it for tea and coffee so i keep it plain. have fun making nut mylks haha

Hi Val, it tastes amazing with other nuts. I’ve been using plain nuts with water only. in a blendtek – my faves are cashew and walnut milks. but I went through a pecan phase and pumpkin seed phase. Also peanut butter milk- very decadent, tahini milk. anything goes. i make a very small batch so i always use freshly made. i ve tried vanilla and salt and stevia etc in it but it has to be consumed immediately. and i only use it for tea and coffee so i keep it plain. have fun making nut mylks haha

I love it when my butt is sore! Makes me feel stronger! Coconut cornbread…YUM! I made microwave cakes for all of us this weekend. I think I need to try this one in the microwave. I can imagine is smells incredible!